Mozi was a Chinese philosopher who was active during China’s Hundred Schools of Thought period. He is best known for being the first ever scholar…
I exist therefore I am” is a famous quote made by the French philosopher and mathematician René Descartes. He is regarded as the father of…
While on his death bed, after a protracted pain and suffering from kidney stone, he wrote of that day as his happy day. In his…
In the event of his father’s death, Avicenna was offered an administrative post in Samanid. However, he was forced to relocate to Gurganj in Khwarazm,…
Auguste Comte was a French philosopher whose philosophy and scientific methods have greatly advanced the field of social science. He is popularly known as the…
Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher who is regarded as one of the founders of Western philosophy. He is reputed to be one of the…
We live in a time where government is seen as being far from the people. Most persons have a general distrust of their government, and…
Parmenides was one of the most famous and prominent pre-Socrates philosophers, founder and principal agent of the Eleatic school in ancient Greek. Most times he…
The German philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz stands tall in the history philosophy today. He and philosophers like Baruch Spinoza and Rene Descartes were the three…
The year was 1776 and America had unanimously agreed that it was time to get her independence from Britain, its colonial masters. The troops were…
Famously referred to as Voltaire, Francois-Marie Arouet was a philosopher, historian, and writer who singlehandedly defined the 18th century Enlightenment movement. He was famous for…
The above question has been asked by many people several times. Some people believe Fredrick Nietzsche is not a nihilist. To them, the philosopher was…
Niccolo Machiavelli was a 15th century writer whose name often evokes feelings of distrust and mischief because of the ideas outlined in his greatest work…
As one of the famous founding fathers of philosophy, Aristotle had an opinion on many subjects. He is solely responsible for the theories on numerous…
In 400BC, Democritus a Greek mathematician devised a way to solve mathematical problems. His idea involved using infinitesimals i.e. little packets of distance or time…
Parmenides was one of the most challenging thinkers in the history of Greek philosophy. His most impressive work On Nature, a metaphysical poem, has undoubtedly…
Pythagoras was a Greek philosopher who lived in the sixth century and founded a movement known as the Pythagorean society. His contribution to mathematics, music,…
The idea of a Utopian state remains a subject of controversy and that of debate today. This is mainly due to the belief by many…
Ghazali occupies a prominent position in the history of Islam. He has been referred to as the Ornament of Faith, the Proof of Islam, and…
When you talk of great philosophers from the Western world, the name Peter Abelard will surely be mentioned. The name may not be as famous…